Stevens Point could soon be a hub for hands-on training in advanced manufacturing, engineering technology, and apprenticeship thanks to a new cutting-edge training center Mid-State Technical College has planned for the Stevens Point Industrial Park just off I-39. 

Mid-State Technical College is hosting three virtual summer camps to introduce middle and high school students to exciting career choices in today's engineering and manufacturing industries as well as entrepreneurial concepts and skills. 

Mid-State Technical College is revving up plans for college this fall through an on-campus registration event. On August 4, from 4-6 p.m., the College will host Drive-In to Your Future, allowing students looking to enroll for fall classes to meet with their academic advisors from the comfort of their own vehicle. Students who attend will receive personalized services to help prepare them to start classes August 24. They will also have the opportunity to apply for a $1,500 Mid-State Foundation scholarship to help cover the cost of their fall 2020 classes.

Mid-State Technical College is set to launch a celebration marking the 100-year anniversary of its presence in Marshfield. The “Experience Mid-State” celebration is an invitation to experience Mid-State’s past and present by engaging with the College at events in the community and by sharing their experience with Mid-State in Marshfield on social media. The celebration also includes a $500 gift basket giveaway to be awarded in June 2021.

Mid-State Technical College’s cow birthing simulator will now allow agriculture students to gain skills in delivery of twin dairy calves, thanks to the College’s grant-funded acquisition of a second identical simulated newborn calf. The additional newborn also lets students simultaneously visualize what is going on inside the heifer while working with one calf internally.

Mid-State Technical College students who earn an associate degree in a technical field will now be eligible to transfer to Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) with junior standing in the university’s new bachelor of business administration (BBA) program focused on Technical Sales.

Providing a second chance to the local incarcerated population, Mid-State Technical College has collaborated with the county jails in its district to bring career awareness and high school equivalency instruction to inmates. Mid-State joined the Wood County Sheriff’s Department in celebrating its hard-working participants on May 26, presenting eight inmates with a certificate of achievement for successfully completing the new Career Awareness course from Mid-State.

Mid-State Technical College and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point have partnered to help students looking to transfer from Mid-State to UW-Stevens Point. These new quality transfer agreements are in the areas of business management, digital marketing, health and wellness promotion, and early childhood education. They will help students who complete their associate degree to move with greater ease between the two systems to pursue a bachelor’s degree, for a cost-effective investment of dollars and time. 

Mid-State’s course offerings this summer and fall will include more choice and flexibility, as the College moves to greatly expand its available delivery methods to give students the format they want and need to feel safe and connected while still staying on track to achieving their educational and career goals. 

Golfers looking to combine their love of the sport with a great cause will again have a chance this August at the Mid-State Technical College Sand Valley Golf Outing. Now in its third year, the highly popular event at the world-class Sand Valley 17-hole par 3 Sandbox course in Nekoosa tees off at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5. 

The Nursing program at Mid-State Technical College was recently named a top-ten school in Nursing Schools Almanac’s 2020 rankings of the best nursing programs, earning its place at number six in the list of best associate degree nursing programs in the state, out of 20 institutions evaluated. The designation adds to the top-ten ranking the program received earlier this year in the list of 2020 Best RN Programs from RegisteredNursing.org.